Safety corn-parer.



S. K'ORPER.

SAFETY CORN PARER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1911.

PatentdJan. 9, 1912.

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-To all whom it'may concern;

, Beit known that I, SIMON KORPER, a citizen of the United'States,residing at New 'York, inthe'cou-nty of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Corn-Parersand "I do declare the following to be a full,

' clear, and exact description of'the invention, such aswill enableother's skilled in the art to which it appertains to use the same.

This inve ntion relates to safety corn parers' One object of theinvention is to provide a corn parer having an improved casing and bladeholder and guard, whereby the blade is permitted to out only a very thinshaving. thus obviating the danger of too closely cutting the corn orcalloused parts and mainly to prevent engaging the whole edge of theblade atonce.

Another object is-to provide a corn parer which will be' simple,.strong' and durable in construction, efficient in operation and inwhich all parts except the blade are formed from a single piece ofmetal, the handle and blade casing being set at an angle to each other.I

.With these and other objects in view the inventionconsists of theimproved construction, combination and arrangement of parts which willbe fully described hereinafter and afterward specifically claimed In'the accompanying drawings: Figure.

1 is a top plan view of a corn parer constructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 2 is-a bottom plan View; Fig. 3 is a side view; Fig. 4is a central vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 5 is a detail view ofthe b a'de; Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the stop '40 f r preventingthe blade passing out the opposite side of the holder while beinginserted; Fig. 7 is a detail cross sectional view through the handle onthe line 7-'7v of Fig. 1.

5 spring blade holder 4 is preferably curved transversely forming an.inwardly projects a-a ate of Letters Patent.

Application filed Marcher), 1911. 'Seria1No.'617,92d; I, U\

My improved corn parer comprises a com-- 'Pate'n'tedJan. 9,1912.

ing rib 5. Inthe plate 3 at the bend or where it is folded is an opening6 in the form of a notchin the outer end of the blade casing of thedevice whereby the blade may be grasped by the fingers and readilyadjusted. The inner wall of the opening 6 is bent inward whereby isformed a tongue 7 bent inwardly to bearupon the blade-when the latter isinserted in the casing and act as a pawl against the-backing strip 11,hereinafter described to prevent accidental forward movement of the.blade. In the plate 3 near the inner end thereof is a slot 8imm'ediately opposite the edge ofthe blade to permit the shavings orparings to pass through the plate 3 and upon the depressed or curvedouter side of the same, said plate and the adjacent part of the handlethus forming a receptacle 9 for the parings, as clearly shown in Fig. 1of the drawings.

The handle 2 of the device is formed by bringing the edges of the metaltogether thus forming a cylindrical tube which may be of any desiredlength. Adapted to be engaged by the blade holder 4 is a blade 10 whichmay be of any suitable construction and is preferably in the form of athin steel plate having one edge sharpened and on its opposite edge abacking strip 11.

The blade and backing strip reach from.

the folded edge of the plate 3 to the slot 8 in which position the bladeis held by the front edge of the spring holder 4, the rib 5 3 thusproducing a teat on the opposite side of the plate with which the end ofthe blade will engage when inserted in place. The

blade when thus arranged maybe adjusted to bring its cutting edge inproper position with respect to the slot 8 by grasping the backing stripon .the outer edge of the blade through the notch or opening 6 in theenter edge of the casing.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation..Various changes in the form, proportion and the ininor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the prin-- cipleor sacrificing any of the of the invention claimed Having thus describedmy invention what I claim is:

'1. As a new article of manufacture, a corn parer comprising a handleand a blade advantages formed of a single sheet of metal, the handleconsisting of part of the plate bent into tubular form, the edgesbelngfgra'dually opened out to flatten one end of the metal to form ablade casing, said flattened end lying substantiallyin the plane of theaxis ofthe handle and laterally out of line therewith at an angle tosaid axis and folded back upon itself to form a blade holder and 7guide; whereby the blade is brought into position at substantially anangle-of fortyfive degrees-to the axis of the handle.

" 2. As a new article of manufacture a corn parer comprising a handleand a blade casopened out to flatten one ing formed of a single sheet ofmetal, the

handle consisting of part of the plate bent into tubular form, the edgesbeing gradually end of the metal to form the casing, said flattened endlying laterally out of line at an angle to the handle portion and foldedback upon itself to form a blade holder and guide, a notch being formedin thefoldededge to expose the edge of the back of a blade inserted inthe casing, the inner edge wall of the notch bearing against theback'piece of the blade to revent too great a projection of the edgeofthe blade.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 7

